Verbal, mental, and real refer to a term's type of existence. Is this SIGNIFICATION OR SUPPOSITION?
EXISTENCE refers to a term's SUPPOSITION.
T/F The subject and the copula are united by the predicate.
False. The subject and the PREDICATE are united by the copula.
TRUE
Terms that have exactly the same meaning no matter when or how they are used.
What is univocal?
Which one of these types of sentences IS a proposition?
a) greetings b) commands c) statements, or
d) exclamations
Propositions are: c) statements
NOT greetings, commands, questions or exclamations
T/F The three ways to divide up terms according to their SIGNIFICATION is univocal, equivocal, and analogous.
TRUE
Which is the definition of a proposition?
a) a statement which expresses truth or falsity
b) the verbal expression of a deductive inference
c) a word or group of words that expresses a concept
The definition of a proposition is:
a) a statement which expresses truth or falsity
T/F In the sentence, "Tom Brady is Tampa Bay's quarterback," the term Tom Brady is an example of real supposition.
TRUE! Remember supposition describes the existence of a term as either verbal, mental or real.
Tom Brady is the real deal.
The name for terms that are applied to different things but have related meanings.
What is analogous?
Put this sentence in logical form: Man thinks.
A sentence in logical form has a subject, a predicate, and is connected by a copula (is/are/am) AND a relative clause (who/which).
Man is a creature who thinks.
Material supposition occurs when a term:
a) refers to something as it exists logically
b) refers to something that exists in the real world
c) refers to something as it exists verbally
Material supposition occurs when a term refers to something that exists verbally.
(the 3 letter word m-a-n)